http://www.compusa.com they have a number of refurbished computers pretty cheap with warranty as well as most popular brands of desktop and notebook. I just bought a Fujitsu Notebook two days ago from Best Buy. Although I did a lot of looking online on: http://www.bestbuy.com I did purchase my Notebook from a local store but I already knew what I wanted and just went in and asked them to bring the one I had on hold to the Customer Service area. It was very helpful to go online because the kind of assistance one finds in a retail store, even Comp USA and Circuit City and places that are supposed to be selling these items, is not worth one's frustration and time of day! I asked for a PCMCIA N Wireless Network card for my Notebook. What did he show up with? A PCI card and they didn't have the one for the NOtebook or he didn't have the wherewithal to look! I also did a bit of research on the various vendor sites for Hewlett Packard, Fujitsu and others. Another place who has a lot of refurbished and discontinued models is: http://www.consumerdepot.com Can always just use a favorite Search Engine and find lots of other info out there as well as places to buy. What I've indicated are definitely not all available choices. I had certain constraints like an 18 months at zero percent interest coupon for Best Buy which best suited my own budget <smile>! Amanda Lee Alexandria, VA On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Ron Marriage wrote: > Wal-Mart now sells computers online, without any OS. > Prices start at $399 for 1 Ghz models. > > Ron > > > Anna Schneider wrote: > > > > Hi everyone. If my message isn't very clear, I appologize ahead of time. > > I've had a very frustrating day in computer research lnd. Even knowing > > that Linux isn't mainstream, I didn't know things would be this difficult, > > so if I'm a bit hard to follow, that's why. > > > > What I want to know is, short of building my own computer, are there any > > options for either buying a computer with Linux already installed or for > > buying a computer with no operating system on it to begin with? Dell will > > only install on business systems, and Compaq's web site claims that > > several versions of Linux are among the operating systems they offer, but > > when I called the number listed, I didn't get any people, I only got "You > > live in Seattle Washington, Compaq computers are available at these > > locations." Mutter mutter mutter. > > -- > === > Ron Marriage > Home Page http://www.seidata.com/~marriage/ > Blind Links http://www.seidata.com/~marriage/rblind.html > Linux http://www.seidata.com/~seilug/ > Email mailto:marriage at seidata.com > > Win door prizes! Meet old and new friends! > See the latest technology and gadgets for your everyday > living! > Learn how the NFB is helping to knock down barriers > to make your life better! > All this and more at the 2002 NFB National Convention > July 3 - 9 -- for details go to: http://www.nfbk.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
